George King’s venerable 1940 British mystery thriller film The Case of the Frightened Lady is based on the 1931 play by Edgar Wallace and stars Marius Goring as Lord Lebanon, Helen Haye as Lady Lebanon, […]
Basil Dean’s 1934 film Lorna Doone stars Victoria Hopper as the lovely heroine of R D Blackmore’s dramatic love story about a peasant’s passion for a criminal’s daughter. ‘In the lawless times of which I […]
The sweet young Barbara Hale is lovely and delightful in Phil Karlson’s 1951 American period romantic adventure drama film Lorna Doone. Director Phil Karlson’s 1951 period romantic adventure drama film Lorna Doone is an American […]
The 1943 American war film First Comes Courage is the final film directed by Dorothy Arzner, then virtually the only female director in Hollywood. It stars Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, and Carl Esmond. Director Dorothy […]
The sincere and valuable 1942 war film Commandos Strike at Dawn stars Paul Muni, Anna Lee, Lillian Gish and Cedric Hardwicke. It was rush released at the end of 1942 as a morale booster after […]
Four gay friends make a pact to come out of the closet after one of them, a married man with a child, is assaulted during the day of São Paulo’s Gay Parade. They do, and […]
In Marco Berger’s provocative, sexually charged 2023 Argentinian comedy drama film Horseplay [Los Agitadores], young male hockey players test each other’s boundaries in a luxury villa. In writer/ director Marco Berger’s provocative, sexually charged 2023 […]